[HPforGrownups] House-Elves and the Weasleys

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 47855



Hi,

Thursday, December 05, 2002, 10:41:28 PM, ats_fhc3 wrote:

> House-elves come with big old manors and 
> castles and places like that; you wouldn't catch one in our house..."
> (CoS, pg. 29, paperback, US Edition).

> Granted, house-elves are probably passes on in families, as Winky 
> later tells HHR that her mother and her grandmother were serving the 
> Crouches. However, house-elves don't need to be paid (unless you're 
> talking to Hermione). And, now, there's a certain house-elf who has 
> lost her job...Yes, Winky.

Or maybe the house elves discriminate against certain
wizard families and don't want to be associated with a
poor family, or one that hasn't been around for ages <g>.

I'm sure we'll learn a lot more about house elves and their
powers in future books.

I hope to find out why they are bound to *their* families
the way they are and why Dobby seems to be the only one who
rebels against his "master".
Is the Malfoy family the exception in treating their house
elf badly?

Was Winky, for example, treated well before the happenings
in GoF?

If I were Dumbledore, I'd contact the house elves for the fight
against Lord Voldemort.

They certainly seem to have very strong powers.

-- 
Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net